On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:25:52PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 07:45:26PM +0200, Matthias Czapla wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:05:32AM -0400, David Turetsky wrote: > > > > i have a file like; > > > > > > > > # > > > > one > > > > 123 > > > > > > > > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of > > > > each line which is not started with a # . how can i do > > > > it with vi or ed, so far, i 've tried; > > > > > > > > :%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g > > > > > > > > but this would CHANGE the first character of each line > > > > to a hash, pls help. > > > > :1,$s/^\([^#].*\)/#\1/ > > > > should do it in vi. > > Nope. Doesn't meet the spec. He wanted *every* line that did not start > with '#', which would include blank lines. Your solution omits blank > lines. Of course he might have mis-stated the specs.
You're right. This should be better: :1,$v/^#/s/^/#/ Regards Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
